gas station at hwy 98 / West Hewitt

[jenwein98]

Gas station across from Wal-mart

Does anyone know when this gas station is opening?

thanks!

 

[Matt J]

Good question, not like Wal-Mart to sit on a completed building.

 

[jodiFL]

Doesnt belong to Walmart. Murphy Oil has a long history with them but they are different. This one might not even offer the same perks as ones that are "on property" of a Walmart. From what I hear they are still waiting on the CO inspections.

 

[htjhs8]

anyone know what the delay is for it to open ?

 

[dickswift]

Storm water construction issues

 

[BeachArkie]

Heard a rumor that they illegally built on wetlands.

 

[tsutcli]

Heard a rumor that they illegally built on wetlands.

I highly doubt that. Each contractor would have to obtain a permit and their work inspected by the county so if the station was illegal, this project would not have been completed. And how in the world would they have obtained their certificate of occupancy knowing the building was not even approved or licensed? There are quite a few licenses that have to be obtained to build a gas station and at quite a considerable cost so I suspect something along the way was not completed according to code and it failed the inspection. If I am not mistaken our new airport had storm water issues after construction as well and violations were corrected.

 

[dickswift]

Northwest Florida Water Management District is the governing body for stormwater construction. They will issue construction permits but if stormwater aspects are not constructed in accordance with their rules, they have the jurisdiction to hold up any business operations
they have a five year permit once its issued, its required on any parcel greater than one acre

 

[Matt J]

My understanding is that state and federal wetlands permits were not obtained. At the same time the county's planning department has stopped dealing with those permits. At this point the gas station may never open and may actually be torn down and removed to restore the wetlands.

 

[Bob Wells]

I highly doubt that. Each contractor would have to obtain a permit and their work inspected by the county so if the station was illegal, this project would not have been completed. And how in the world would they have obtained their certificate of occupancy knowing the building was not even approved or licensed? There are quite a few licenses that have to be obtained to build a gas station and at quite a considerable cost so I suspect something along the way was not completed according to code and it failed the inspection. If I am not mistaken our new airport had storm water issues after construction as well and violations were corrected.

Beach Breeze had an article that said they did not have the proper permits....